Here's a better example with this Dodge 900...:love:...Ben
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sE1O1C54XY
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Here's a better example with this Dodge 900...:love:...Ben
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sE1O1C54XY
Thanks Ben----now my blood pressure is up:bleh::geezer:
The tank truck was more agreeable--and older. I'll see if I can find a picture.
While I am trying to find a photo here is one you can dig into:
This is an Eisenhower, built in KY and had two engines.
OK--the second one is a 1950 and looks about right. Mine was a tanker and before the FD got it it had been a fuel oil and gasoline truck. The best thing about it was the tires---they were heavy lug tread and puncture proof. I think it was a flat head 6. I originally got it for testing sewer lines where there was no public water---we filled the lines and then pressurized them. Eventually, I put a sprinkler bar on it to wet down haul roads to reduce dust----and get the whiners off my ass :shrug:
Thanks, Dave, that's one I never heard of...I found this on a website I had nearly forgotten about...The 235 CI Chevy engine mentioned is one I'm familiar with, having had one in one of my first cars, a '55 Belair 2-door hardtop...:drive:...BenQuote:
The Eisenhauer brochure praised the design for providing: two 235-c.i. engines that could be used singly or as a pair when needed, greater front end payload capacity, multiple axles for a smooth ride, stability and load carrying, one of the final benefits claimed for the design was that jackknifing was not a possibility.
Just so you Ford boys don't feel left out, Hemmings Motor News has this about dual Ford flathead powered trucks...Wow!...:bump:...BenQuote:
What makes the trucks so compelling is that whoever built them used two Ford flathead V-8s, mounted side-by-side on a removable tray, complete with their cooling, electrical and exhaust systems. The trucks needed both engines to haul their accompanying 60-foot-long supertrailers, chock full of parts for the B-24 bomber.
Interesting---only one was built but many where shown----just goes to show you photo shopping was going on before photo shop was invented!
Just read the Ford link---all new to me :cool:
It seems from their advertising, they were speculating a lot of advantages with little practical testing...And the company is still in business today!...:rollin:...Ben
Back to ugly----we all know what beer can do to the brain---but this is working overtime.
I don't even drink, but I want the truck...:mypal:...Ben
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLrx4fjtWTU
I may have mentioned this before, but I've always liked the look of Autocars...Beautiful ugly trucks...:love:...Ben
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtYwOR-byZg&t=109s
I have mixed feelings about Autocar---I liked their trucks---not so much their business practices. I did a big job at their assembly plant in Exton PA, before they moved to Utah to get rid of the Union.
Long story short, I ended up having to lean on my White/Autocar dealer to get paid.
When I did that job, they were suffering real labor problems. We were working in an area where the finished trucks were driven through to get to the drive-away service. I am still using washers, bolts and nuts that I picked up along their route.
At one point I was playing a waiting game in their office trying to get check---playing the same game was their trash hauler. I asked him if he too had problems getting paid---he looked at me and asked, "why do you think I am driving all Autocar trucks?
As for big and nasty looking---I'll up your bet Ben:
Brockway, Euclid, Diamond REO, White, Autocar, the hits keep coming...:drive:...Ben
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TecM85TDsm0
Look at the heritage:
Brookway bought by Mack and disappeared
Euclid sold to GM who was forced by the Government to sell to White who sold it to Hitachi
Diamond REO---the merger of Diamond T and Reo, then sold to White (they needed the 6 cylinder OHV gas engine)where it died.
Autocar sold to White, then both were sold to Volvo. Autocar, is now no more than a name being used on a line of trash compactor trucks.
To see some of the ugliest trucks in the world, we now visit Australia again for the Yesteryear Truck Grand Parade...God bless the Aussies!!...:smokin:...Ben
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddSY6RGTOis
Excellent work, my friends. Those are beautiful trucks.
Hunter